Editing Emeryville, California (section)

== Economy ==
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As of July 1, 2019, businesses with 55 or fewer employees working within the geographic boundaries of the city must pay each employee at least $16.30 per hour. Large businesses with 56 or more employees must pay the same rate (previously the rate differed based on employee count). Many businesses have set up headquarters in the city.<ref>{{cite news |title=Emeryville takes care of business |author=Tom Barnidge |url=http://www.insidebayarea.com/business/ci_17522233 |newspaper=Oakland Tribune |date=March 3, 2011 |access-date=March 3, 2011}}</ref> Companies based in Emeryville include:
*[[Adobe Systems]], a multinational technology software company headquartered in [[San Jose, California|San Jose]]. 
*[[Alibris|Alibris Inc.]], an online supplier and retailer of used and rare books founded in 1997 by Martin Manley and Richard Weatherford.
*[[Alternative Tentacles]], an independent record label launched in 1979, specializing in [[punk rock|punk]] and [[alternative rock|alternative]] music.
*[[Amyris (company)|Amyris]], a biotech integrated renewable products company that is enabling the world's leading brands to achieve sustainable growth.
*[[Bayer]], formerly [[Novartis|Novartis Biopharma division]] ([[Chiron Corporation]] prior to April 2006): a [[biotech]] and researcher/manufacturer of biopharmaceuticals.
*[[Berkeley Research Group, LLC]] (BRG), a services and consulting firm co-founded by [[David Teece]].
*BigFix (IBM), a software company that provides endpoint management services.
*[[Bionovo]], a [[biotechnology]] company focused on the discovery and development of drugs to treat cancer and women's health issues.
*[[BrandAds]], an [[online video analytics]] company.
*The [[Center for Investigative Reporting]], a nonprofit [[investigative journalism]] organization.
*[[Cetus Corporation]], (acquired by [[Chiron Corporation|Chiron]] in 1991) one of the first [[biotechnology]] companies. Produced pharmaceuticals [[Betaseron]] and [[Proleukin]]. They also developed the [[polymerase chain reaction|PCR]] process, which won a [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] for its [[Kary Mullis|inventor]] in 1993.
*[[Clif Bar]], a natural foods maker.
*[[Electronic Arts]], the world's largest video game maker, had [[Will Wright (game designer)|Will Wright]]'s ''[[Spore (2008 video game)|Spore]]'' development team [[Maxis]] based here until March 2015.
*[[Gracenote]], owned by Nielsen Holdings, maintains and licenses an Internet-accessible database containing information about the contents of audio compact discs.
*[[Grocery Outlet]], a discount [[supermarket]] chain.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://groceryoutlet.com/contact-us|title=Contact Us|date=February 23, 2016|work=groceryoutlet.com}}</ref>
*[[Innovative Interfaces, Inc]], a supplier of [[integrated library system]] software.
*[[Kodak Gallery]] (formerly Ofoto.com), an Internet [[digital photography|digital photo]] service whose products include photo prints and gifts.
*[[LeapFrog Enterprises|LeapFrog]], an educational toy company best known for its [[LeapPad]], a paper-based electronic reading toy.
*[[Match Analysis]], the maker of the leading video and statistical analysis system for professional soccer.
*[[Peet's Coffee]], specialty coffee roaster and retailer.
*[[Pixar|Pixar Animation Studios]], a major animation and [[computer graphics]] firm known for award-winning shorts, and feature films. Bought by [[The Walt Disney Company]] in 2006.
*[[SeeqPod]], a search and recommendation web site.
*[[ZipRealty]], an internet-based realty company.

===Retail centers===
As part of an [[urban renewal]] project, several shopping centers opened in the late 1990s next to the intersection of Interstate highways 80 and 580, capitalizing on Emeryville's access to San Francisco as well as to East Bay customers. A new retail and residential development named [[Bay Street Emeryville]] now sits along Highway 80 and is home to many stores and restaurants.

===Top employers===

According to the city's 2022 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ci.emeryville.ca.us/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/5373 |title=City of Emeryville ACFR  |access-date=August 24, 2023 |work= |url-status=|archive-url= |archive-date= |df=}}</ref> the top employers in the city are:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of Employees
|-
|1
|[[Pixar]]
|1,465
|-
|2
|[[Amyris (company)|Amyris]]
|595
|-
|3
|[[AC Transit]]
|435
|-
|4
|[[Grocery Outlet]] Headquarters
|427
|-
|5
|[[Clif Bar]]
|343
|-
|6
|[[Grifols]]
|265
|-
|6
|[[IKEA]]
|265
|-
|8
|[[Peet's Coffee]]
|255
|-
|9
|[[Oaks Card Club]]
|217
|-
|10
|City of Emeryville
|170
|-
|}